Fission of Whipple's disease rod bodies

Authors :: William H. Hall
C. N. Sun
H. J. White
Source :: The American Journal of Digestive Diseases. 18:532-535
Publication Year :: 1973
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1973.
Abstract: A duodenal biopsy from an untreated patient with Whipple's disease was studied by light and electron microscopy. The specimen contained innumerable instances of binary fission of the rod-shaped bodies characteristic of the disease. The findings add further support for a bacterial concept of Whipple's disease.